Poborzans
Poborzanie (Polish)
Regions with significant populations
Poland (Masovian Voivodeship)
Languages
Polish (Masovian dialect)
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Poles, Masovians

Poborzans,[a] also spelled as Pobożans,[b] are an ethnographic group of Polish people, that are part of the ethnographic subgroup of Masovians. They originate from the north west Masovia, located within the region of Poborze and Zawkrze, to the north of Mława river.[1] The group is descendant of the Polish nobility that had inhabit the area in the Late Middle Ages. They are culturally separate from the neighbouring groups.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Poborzanie
  2. ^ Polish: Pobożanie

References

  1. ^ G. Odoj, A. Peć: Dziedzictwo kulturowe – edukacja regionalna. Dzierżoniów: Wydawnictwo Alex, 2000, p. 74, ISBN 83-85589-35-X, OCLC 749376082.
  2. ^ Jan Stanisław Bystroń: Etnografia Polski. Poznań: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza Czytelik, 1947, p. 31.
  3. ^ Obrazy regionalnego zróżnicowania ludu i jego kultury. In: Stanisław Węglarz (editor): Łódzkie Studia Etnograficzne. T. XXXVI: Tutejsi i inni – O etnograficznym zróżnicowaniu kultury ludowej. Łódź: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, 1997, p. 80. ISSN 0076-0382.
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